Winds diminish in LA County fire areas

Oct. 13, 2008

Updated Aug. 21, 2013 1:17 p.m.

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Residents Cindy Luis and her husband John look on as firefighters work to put out hot spots in the hills over Simi Valley, Calf., as a fire threatens homes, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008. The Sesnon fire broke out in the Porter Ranch area of Northern Los Angeles County late Monday morning has burned over 5000 acres and destroyed numerous homes as it's worked its way over to neighboring Ventura County. Gus Ruelas, AP

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A water dropping Super Scooper works to put out hot spots in the hills over Simi Valley, Calf., as a fire threatens homes, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008. The Sesnon fire broke out in the Porter Ranch area of Northern Los Angeles County late Monday morning has burned over 5000 acres and destroyed numerous homes as burned its way over to neighboring Ventura County. Gus Ruelas, AP

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A Los Angeles firefighter turns away from heat and smoke and heads for the cover of a fire engine while flames burn near homes in Los Angeles' Granada Hills area, as efforts to control wildfires in Southern California continue Tuesday. Reed Saxon, AP

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Firefighters work to put out hot spots in the hills over Simi Valley, Calf., as a fire threatens homes, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008. Gus Ruelas, AP

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A hand crew cuts a fire break on a burned-out hillside in Los Angeles' Knollwood area as efforts to control wildfires in Southern California continue Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008. Reed Saxon, AP

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A firefighter tries to put out the fire on a home engulfed in flames just west of Porter Ranch in Los Angeles on Monday Oct. 13, 2008. Two huge wildfires driven by strong Santa Ana winds threatened neighborhoods on the edges of the San Fernando Valley on Monday, killing one person, destroying several dozen mobile homes and forcing frantic evacuations. AP Photo/Mike Meadows

A firefighter battles flames at a mobile home park early Monday morning, Oct. 13, 2008, north of Los Angeles after intense Santa Ana winds swept into Southern California and whipped up a 3,700-acre wildfire. Mike Meadows, AP

A helicopter drops water on burning mobile homes and cars that have burned from a wind driven brush fire in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. Dan Steinberg, AP

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Two Los Angeles City Fire Department firefighters help to evacuate an elderly wheelchair bound woman from an approaching brush fire as her family looks on in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. Dan Steinberg, AP

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A firefighter walks by as flames consume a mobile home early Monday morning, Oct. 13, 2008, north of Los Angeles. Mike Meadows, AP

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An airplane drops water on a brush fire in Los Angeles on Monday. Dan Steinberg, AP

Residents Cindy Luis and her husband John look on as firefighters work to put out hot spots in the hills over Simi Valley, Calf., as a fire threatens homes, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008. The Sesnon fire broke out in the Porter Ranch area of Northern Los Angeles County late Monday morning has burned over 5000 acres and destroyed numerous homes as it's worked its way over to neighboring Ventura County. Gus Ruelas, AP

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